The Swinging Sixties
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The document discusses how revolutionary the 1960s were in the UK. It provides background on the UK as a declining postwar superpower facing debt and the end of its empire. The 1960s saw a sexual revolution with relaxed attitudes towards sexuality, contraception, and abortion. Fashion and music also changed greatly, with miniskirts and British bands like the Beatles influencing culture. Women gained more freedom and equality during this period known as the "Swinging Sixties", which saw major cultural and social changes in Britain.
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This document summarizes several British youth subcultures that emerged between the 1950s and 2000s. In the 1950s, the Teddy Boys rebelled against their parents' generation through their fashion and embrace of rock and roll music. The 1960s saw the rise of the Mods and Rockers, who differed in their styles and musical tastes. Glam rockers in the 1970s were known for outrageous clothing and makeup. Punk culture emerged in the late 1970s focused on anti-establishment views. New subcultures continued to develop in subsequent decades such as New Romantics, Soul Boys, football hooligans, Lad culture, Chavs, and youth embracing rave culture and drugs.
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The 1950s in London saw a period of affluence and freedom following World War 2. Restrictions ended and prosperity increased as the reconstruction effort continued. American influences like music and fashion emerged, bringing new styles. Young Londoners grew more assertive, looking to the US as a model. Throughout the decade, London fashion evolved from austerity to include "ready-to-wear" clothing, new fabrics, and trends like the Teddy Boy look for men and Mary Quant's designs for women.
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During the 1920s in the United States, women's fashion and ideals were changing as they moved away from traditional standards of femininity. Women began wearing shorter skirts and bobbed hair, using cosmetics more openly, and embracing a new "flapper" lifestyle focused on independence and pleasure rather than purity and domesticity. This feminist revolution in the 1920s reshaped American culture and gender norms for years to come.
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The document discusses how different musical genres from the 20th century influenced fashion and clothing design. It covers the jazz scene of the 1920s-1930s and the zoot suits and free flowing dresses popular then. The 1950s rock and roll era brought tight jeans, t-shirts, and leather jackets for men and poodle skirts for women. Glam rock in the late 1960s featured elaborate costumes with makeup. Hip hop from the 1970s-1990s was characterized by baggy clothes, gold jewelry, and brand names. Punk rock in the late 1970s stood out with torn and safety pinned clothes, colorful hairstyles, tattoos, and piercings.
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The document provides an overview of various aspects of life in the United States during the 1920s such as art, music, literature, politics, and fashion. Some key events of the decade included women's suffrage, Prohibition, the Red Scare, and the Great Migration of African Americans to northern cities. The arts flourished with revolutionary movements like Dada, Surrealism, and Expressionism. Jazz became a dominant musical form led by influential artists like Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith. Novelists like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway also rose to prominence during this era.
Deanna Wallis HST 102 PowerPoint Project
The 1920s saw many changes and innovations in art, music, literature, and fashion in the United States following World War 1. In art, new movements like Surrealism, Expressionism, Dada, and Art Deco emerged with influential artists like Salvador Dali, Edvard Munch, and Tamara de Lempicka. In music, Jazz flourished as a major new genre with iconic musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, and Duke Ellington. F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby exemplified 1920s literature along with works by Ernest Hemingway. Women's fashion became more liberated with flapper dresses and bobbed hair while men's fashion remained conservative.
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The 1960s in Britain saw the rise of youth culture movements like mods, rockers, and flower power alongside music acts like the Beatles. While the media portrayed an affluent society, poverty still existed and wages remained low for many. The decade saw liberal social changes like the legalization of abortion and homosexuality, reflecting relaxed social attitudes. However, the swinging London lifestyle was not a reality for most Britons. The Beatles popularity peaked in the mid-1960s before social tensions and economic troubles emerged in the late 1960s signalling an end to the era.
Past Representations and the Cultural Revolution
Youth subcultures emerged in post-war Britain as younger generations rebelled against social norms and embraced new styles and music. Influenced heavily by American culture, British youth in the 1950s formed groups like the Teddy Boys who rejected mainstream fashion through unique outfits and hairstyles. Subcultures continued to develop in the 1960s with the Mods, known for their focus on music and fashion, and Skinheads, who were inspired by Jamaican culture. Punks in the 1970s further pushed boundaries with anti-establishment ideologies and punk rock music.
1920S Individualism
The 1920s saw significant social and economic changes in the United States. Many Americans moved to cities for new job opportunities, doubling the country's wealth between 1920-1929. After World War I ended in 1918, the U.S. experienced a boom with new manufacturing jobs and mass-produced consumer goods like cars, appliances, radios, and washing machines becoming more affordable. However, the stock market crash of 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression, a period of high unemployment and economic struggle.
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- 1. THE SWINGING SIXTIES Amanda Fosser, December 2015
- 2. INTRODUCTION The purpose of my presentation is to show how revolutionary the ‘60s were in the UK and why The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility. – John Lennon
- 3. CONTENT Background information The Sexual Revolution Fashion and Music in the 60s Women in the 60s What is the Swinging Sixties?
- 4. BACKGROUND Superpower 19th century: Largest one Two World Wars Debt Military unsustainable The fall of the Empire Standard rising in the ‘50s Baby-boom
- 5. SEXUAL REVOLUTION Homosexuality Experimenting and demonstrating Sexual Offences Act No prejudgment Contraception pill Abortion Sex changed Sex before marriage To talk about
- 6. FASHION & MUSIC Hip and cool Mary Quant Miniskirt Bazaar Television, magazines Known for its fashion British Invasion in the US The Beatles and The Animals Billboard Top 100 Beatlemania If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliché that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal. - John Lennon
- 7. WOMEN IN THE ‘60S Equalization Self-confidence Welfare feminism Equal payment As mentioned: The contraceptive pill Abortion
- 8. THE SWINGING CITY Time- and Vogue Magazine «Having a good time» Slang Changes from past decades Great depression 30s Old-fashioned 40s Conservative 50s Brits’ were swinging
- 9. BIBLIOGRAPHY Digital image. A Symphony in Plaid. InVisible Culture, 07 May 2012. Web. 24 Oct. 2015. https://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/a-symphony-in-plaid/ Digital image. Opinion of the British Empire? The Apricity, 12 July 2010. Web. 24 Oct. 2015. http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?21808-Opinion-of-the-British-Empire Digital image. Swinging London. Wikipedia, Web. 24 Oct. 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinging_London Digital image. Task 4 – Report Writing. Jordan Kai Smith, 27 Feb. 2012. Web. 24 Oct. 2015. https://jordankaismith.wordpress.com/2012/02/ Digital image. The Day the 60s Began: Exactly 50 Years after the Beatles Released Their First Single, a Magical Evocation of the Decade That Changed the World for Ever. DailyMail, 02 Oct. 2012. Web. 24 Oct. 2015. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2211983/The-day-60s-began- Exactly-50-years-Beatles-released-single-magical-evocation-decade-changed-world-ever.html Digital image. What a Difference a Decade Makes: The Fashion Images That Show How British Women Moved out of the 1950s and into the Swinging Sixties. DailyMail, 20 Jan. 2012. Web. 24 Oct. 2015. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2088993/What-difference-decade- makes-The-fashion-images-British-women-moved-1950s-Swinging-Sixties.html Digital image. Summer 50 Years Ago. London in The 60's, Web. 24 Oct. 2015. http://londoninthe60s.net/category/recollections/
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